There are tons of ways to find inspiration while growing your massage business.  But if we're going to be successful, we need a lot more than just inspiration!  We need to know we're not alone in all of the work it takes to really make a business grow.

In today's episode, Isabel and Amber talk about what it's like to do the work of growing a successful practice.  If you're feeling doubtful that you can do it . . . if you're feeling blue that it's taking so much work . . . or if you just aren't sure where to start, then this is the episode for you!

If you want to ask us questions next time, you can join us as we record our episode live on YouTube.  You can get notifications in advance about the recordings by following Isabel's blog at Your Massage Practice or by joining HealingWaze.

Whew! We got deep with this one. Amber Cook (of healingwaze.com) and I talked about our massage practice thoughts on "customer service" and "client relationships".

And it got real, real fast. 

To have a full practice for the long term, it's essential to retain clients at a very high rate.  What we talk about in this episode is meant to help you understand the ins-and-outs of doing just that.  Because as much as it may seem like a no-brainer, there's a lot that goes in to building client relationships that stand the test of time and circumstance.  

If you want to ask us questions next time, you can join us as we record our episode live on YouTube.  You can get notifications in advance about the recordings by following Isabel's blog at Your Massage Practice or by joining HealingWaze.

In today's episode I interview Tiffany Ryan and Katherine Parker of yomassage.co.  

These ladies are working their tails off to keep up with their new business.  I talk to them about what specific tools they're using to build a healthy business, their work as business partners, how they're figuring out their message and marketing, and more!

All of the questions I bring to the table are with the mind of helping massage therapists grow their private practices. 

As always, I love learning and celebrating in community with each other.

Learn more at yourmassagepractice.com.

In our first episode together, Isabel and Amber talk about how money went (very differently) for each of us in the early years - and what it's like once your business is stable.  Building a healing practice is no joke and we are here to offer as much help as we can!  

If you want to ask us questions next time, you can join us as we record our episode on YouTube.  You can get notifications in advance about the recordings by following Isabel's blog at Your Massage Practice or by joining HealingWaze.

Taking that big first leap into owning your practice can seem so daunting!  In this episode, Rosa Saidel of Rosa's Natural Healing Center shares her story of how she found the strength to do it and where that first big step has led her.  Rosa's openness and honesty about her journey gives us all a reminder of why it's worth it to do the work to make our dreams happen.

Additionally, I review "Do You Suffer from Decision Fatigue" by John Tierney, answer the Question of the Day, and share even more in the teaching segment at the end!

This podcast is the audio version of the sixth TV episode I produced for the Florida State Massage Therapy Association's Massage Television channel.

Find me and so much more at yourmassagepractice.com.

In this episode, I interview Benjamin Eli Eichenhauer of Prime Vital Health and Revive Community Commons in Portland, OR.  Eli talks about the deep ways he has increased his community engagement both as a method of growing his practice and as a way of continuing to expand his work in the world!

Additionally, I answer the Question of the Day, review I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown.  And of course, I learn you some stuff in the teaching segment at the end!

This podcast is the audio version of the fourth TV episode I produced for the Florida State Massage Therapy Association's Massage Television channel.

Find me and so much more at yourmassagepractice.com.

Isabel Spradlin (yours truly) and Amber Cook (of HealingWaze.com) give you a little peek into their upcoming podcast episodes that will run the gamut of what, exactly, it's like to be a small business owner in the health and wellness field.  The first full episode will arrive on September 7, 2018!

One of the first things we work on in the OYP program is about the nitty gritty of starting a business.  That can include registering your biz with your Secretary of State, arranging your bank accounts, and making sure your “back-end” stuff is in good order. 

In this podcast I talk about my personal experience with these processes as I was starting my practice.

AND, of course figuring out how to pay for starting up my practice was a big deal for me and is for most massage therapists - especially the loan or debt aspect it.

While paying off a total of $67K in debt sucked, having my full massage practice made it possible.  I do NOT recommend doing the credit card debt thing the way I did it (as I talk about in the video).  However, debt usually plays a part in every business, massage practice or not, so it’s good to have an idea of how it can work for you rather than sink you.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments on the blog post!

Just how good can it be to have a full massage practice?  And what, exactly, does it take to get there?  In this episode I talk to Dana Davis, LMT of Midnight Sun Massage in Portland, OR.  She has had a bursting-full practice for well over a decade and she shares with us a huge amount of detail about what she did to get there . . . as well as what it's like to have the freedom of a full practice!

Additionally, I answer the Question of the Day and review Mindset by Carol S. Dweck.  And, as always, we have our straight-up teaching segment at the end.

This podcast is the audio version of the fourth TV episode I produced for the Florida State Massage Therapy Association's Massage Television channel.

Find me and so much more at yourmassagepractice.com.

I get frustrated when I hear business owners being advised to take big risks based on their gut feelings.  Yes, gut feelings are super important.  But when you’re running a business, you need to develop a more robust way of assessing risk.  That way, you don’t end up closing down your practice for the wrong reasons.

Finessing our way out of our comfort zone is a requirement of being a business owner.  And this “choose the right risk” stuff is part of that.  I’m not gonna lie, it took me a while to learn.

In this video I talk about dropping $1,000 I didn’t have on a useless Q&A call and how that led to me learning to take the RIGHT risks.  And it must have worked, because my practice is still thriving many years later.

Please let me know your thoughts and questions in the comments on the blog post!